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Re: Scared Of Fear
Posted: Sat April 20, 2024 8:15 pm
by stip
bluestate wrote:The liner notes actually say "pool cue - sean penn"
That's just silly. You couldn't make it through an album without making a Sean Penn reference?
I can't wait for the next "list each album's fatal flaw" discussion.
honeymoon’s over, team
Re: Scared Of Fear
Posted: Sat April 20, 2024 8:35 pm
by Ms Harmless
bluestate wrote:The liner notes actually say "pool cue - sean penn"
That's just silly. You couldn't make it through an album without making a Sean Penn reference?
I can't wait for the next "list each album's fatal flaw" discussion.
agree, that's the worst thing about this album
Re: Scared Of Fear
Posted: Sat April 20, 2024 9:30 pm
by epilogue
My first impression of this song at the movie event this past Tuesday was fairly middling. But I gotta say, listening to it this morning on headphones, walking to the train to get to work, it grabbed me. This one might just end up being a favorite once the dust settles!
Re: Scared Of Fear
Posted: Sat April 20, 2024 9:34 pm
by epilogue
And I like the pool cue sound
To me it sounds like what Ed imagines the big bang sounded like and I think that's cute
Re: Scared Of Fear
Posted: Sat April 20, 2024 9:38 pm
by Ms Harmless
epilogue wrote:And I like the pool cue sound
To me it sounds like what Ed imagines the big bang sounded like and I think that's cute
oh no, I like the sound! it's cool, I just don't like Sean Penn
Re: Scared Of Fear
Posted: Sat April 20, 2024 9:41 pm
by epilogue
Ms Harmless wrote:epilogue wrote:And I like the pool cue sound
To me it sounds like what Ed imagines the big bang sounded like and I think that's cute
oh no, I like the sound! it's cool, I just don't like Sean Penn
Phew!
Re: Scared Of Fear
Posted: Sun April 21, 2024 4:16 pm
by Ms Harmless
Matt plays the "voices calling" climax of the bridge in the same way as RVM is played (bass drum on every 8th beat), lending it similar power
Re: Scared Of Fear
Posted: Sun April 21, 2024 4:45 pm
by WaitingForBluey
The weight of expectation for this one massively clouded my initial listening experience. With each listen, it's unpacking and turning into a monster... starting to feel like quintessential Pearl Jam and the perfect album opener
:bammer emjoi
Re: Scared Of Fear
Posted: Sun April 21, 2024 5:12 pm
by VinylGuy
Lyrically it feels close to Hail, Hail
Re: Scared Of Fear
Posted: Sun April 21, 2024 5:15 pm
by stip
i can see that
Re: Scared Of Fear
Posted: Mon April 22, 2024 2:13 am
by Jaeti
WaitingForBluey wrote:quintessential Pearl Jam
Re: Scared Of Fear
Posted: Mon April 22, 2024 3:03 am
by Kalevi
This is a great song and it sounded like Sean Penn had a good break
Re: Scared Of Fear
Posted: Mon April 22, 2024 4:41 am
by Tj
WaitingForBluey wrote:The weight of expectation for this one massively clouded my initial listening experience. With each listen, it's unpacking and turning into a monster... starting to feel like quintessential Pearl Jam and the perfect album opener
:bammer emjoi
It has been my biggest grower from leak to album.
Re: Scared Of Fear
Posted: Mon April 22, 2024 10:04 am
by stip
i am annointing Scared of Fear a five star designation in my rankings. This may be better than Life Wasted, my current number 3 opener
Re: Scared Of Fear
Posted: Mon April 22, 2024 10:10 am
by Got Some
This one has been the biggest grower for me.
These guys rock!!!
Upgraded to 5 stars
Re: Scared Of Fear
Posted: Mon April 22, 2024 10:32 am
by oneway23
stip wrote:honeymoon’s over, team
This didn't get the attention it deserves
stip wrote:i am annointing Scared of Fear a five star designation in my rankings. This may be better than Life Wasted, my current number 3 opener
Coming in hot, stip...that's a strong stance for being so early in the game.
Not sure I'm fully onboard with either (yet?), but, I support the possibility.
Re: Scared Of Fear
Posted: Mon April 22, 2024 3:54 pm
by Kevin Davis
I think this is my favorite straight ahead PJ rock song off the last few albums, which is saying something since Gigaton had some truly great ones. I have a fondness for songs that are uptempo and musically aggressive but melodically very pretty, a somewhat rarified commodity in PJ's music that pops up in some weird places and absolutely does in the chorus of this song. It's like there's this propulsion and ferocity in the music that is softened by a sense of sweetness in the vocal melody that somehow swells bigger than the tempestousness in the music. To my ears, the chorus to "Marker In the Sand" is like this. The verses to "Green Disease" are like this. Through a certain lens, "Last Exit" is like this. Not that the songs sound similar, but they share this quality -- you could pull these melodies out, adorn them differently, and you'd never guess that they originated in uptempo rock songs (check out the String Quartet version of "Last Exit" for proof of this).
After "Upper Hand," this is my favorite song on the record.
Re: Scared Of Fear
Posted: Mon April 22, 2024 4:45 pm
by stip
I love that last exit strings performance
Scared of Fear has probably knocked Setting Sun out of the way into my number two. Is it better than Superblood or Who Ever Said - too early. But it is in their elite company, and could be. It's a more consistent listen start to finish, and Eddie's performance is incredible for all the reasons you just captured
Re: Scared Of Fear
Posted: Mon April 22, 2024 4:48 pm
by digster
I think I'm warming up to this song, after it left me a bit cold on the first few listens. I think I'm often attracted to those PJ openers that feel like a line in the sand or statement on how this album is going to differentiate from what you heard last time (Last Exit, Go, Sometimes, Who Ever Said fall under this). But the band doesn't always do this and they don't always need to. Sometimes it's okay to ease into what's coming with a really good rock song, as long as it delivers; I feel like Yield and Binaural both do this. Scared of Fear feels more in that vein, and I appreciate it more through that lens.
Re: Scared Of Fear
Posted: Mon April 22, 2024 6:21 pm
by Monkey_Driven
Kevin Davis wrote:I think this is my favorite straight ahead PJ rock song off the last few albums, which is saying something since Gigaton had some truly great ones. I have a fondness for songs that are uptempo and musically aggressive but melodically very pretty, a somewhat rarified commodity in PJ's music that pops up in some weird places and absolutely does in the chorus of this song. It's like there's this propulsion and ferocity in the music that is softened by a sense of sweetness in the vocal melody that somehow swells bigger than the tempestousness in the music. To my ears, the chorus to "Marker In the Sand" is like this. The verses to "Green Disease" are like this. Through a certain lens, "Last Exit" is like this. Not that the songs sound similar, but they share this quality -- you could pull these melodies out, adorn them differently, and you'd never guess that they originated in uptempo rock songs (check out the String Quartet version of "Last Exit" for proof of this).
After "Upper Hand," this is my favorite song on the record.
Yes!